1. Habitats and Adaptations
JEOPARDY
Habitats and Adaptations

2. 100 200 300 400 Desert Adaptations Grassland Adaptations
Forest Adaptations
Artic Tundra Adaptations
Ocean Adaptations
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200
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400

3. How do waxy skin and thick leaves help desert plants adapt?
They make them impossible to chew
They help them store water
They make them blend in with their environment
They help them get as much sunlight as possible.

4. How do waxy skin and thick leaves help desert plants adapt?
b. They help them store water
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5. What word refers to animals who are awake during the night and asleep during the day?
Night wakers
Diurnal
nocturnal

6. c. nocturnal
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7. Which feature is missing from the desert habitat?
No living things live here
Lots of rainfall
Hot nights
Sandy soil
dry
Temperature changes ?
Desert Habitat

8. d. Sandy soil Desert Habitat dry Sandy soil Temperature changes
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9. Why are shallow roots helpful to desert plants?

10. Shallow roots are helpful because they catch the little rain that falls soon after it comes down.
Deep roots are also helpful because they can reach the water deep in the ground.
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11. Grasslands get only 10-30 inches of rain per year
Grasslands get only inches of rain per year. Because it is so dry, what happens often?
Fires start
All the grass blows away
The animals are thirsty

12. a. Fires start
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13. Which words best describe grassland animals’ teeth and how they are adapted for eating grass?
Sharp and pointy
Flat
Rounded
No teeth

14. Flat teeth are better suited for biting and chewing the grass.
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15. Which of these is NOT a useful feature of grass?
Keeping warmth and moisture in the soil
Holding the soil in place
Providing food for animals
Providing shade for sleeping animals

16. d. Providing shade for sleeping animals
Keeping warmth/moisture in the soil, holding the soil in place, and providing food for the animals are the most important functions of the grass.
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17. Baobab Tree is well adapted to the grassland.
Main Idea
Details
Baobab Tree is well adapted to the grassland.
It loses leaves in the dry season to save water.
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This chart shows some important adaptations of the baobab tree in grassland environments. Which detail (below) could complete the chart?
Has fire resistant bark
Grows tall to catch rain
Is home to monkeys
Can survive cold winters

18. Baobab Tree is well adapted to the grassland.
Main Idea
Details
Baobab Tree is well adapted to the grassland.
It loses leaves in the dry season to save water.
Has fire-resistant bark
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19. What type of forest is found near the equator?
Tropical Rainforests
Temperate forests

20. Tropical Rain Forest
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21. What adaptation is shown in this picture?
Roots
Fire-resistant bark
Buttresses
leaves

22. Buttresses help support tall trees with shallow roots.
DAILY DOUBLE!
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23. About how many inches of rain do tropical rainforests get each year
About how many inches of rain do tropical rainforests get each year? Over 2,
inches per year
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24. Some animals in the temperate forest hibernate during winter
Some animals in the temperate forest hibernate during winter. Others change fur color to stay camouflaged in the snow. What is a winter adaptation of a temperate forest plant?
Coniferous trees make cones
Ferns grow deep roots to find warmth in the ground
Flowers grow in bright colors
Deciduous trees lose their leaves to save energy

25. d. Deciduous trees lose their leaves to save energy
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26. This picture shows an orchid mantis on an orchid
This picture shows an orchid mantis on an orchid. What adaptation is this an example of?
Locomotion b. camouflage
c. Mimicry d. hibernation

27. c. Mimicry
Mimicry is when an animal or plant imitates another living thing in color or shape.
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28. Some animals adapt to the arctic winter with blubber and thick fur
Some animals adapt to the arctic winter with blubber and thick fur. Which statement about arctic winters BEST explains why animals need these adaptations?
Arctic winters have little sunlight
Arctic winters are long and cold
Arctic winters are ten weeks long
Arctic winters have little snow

29. Arctic winters are long and cold.
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30. Which adaptation do hares and foxes use to survive in the arctic?
Migration
Hibernation
Camouflage
Mimicry

31. C. Camouflage
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32. Which adaptation do arctic plants use to absorb more sunlight?
Dark colors
Growing far apart
Long, deep roots
Growing tall

33. a. Dark colors
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34. What is the name of the layer of soil that is always frozen in the arctic tundra?
permafrost
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35. Why do some arctic animals have wide paws?
To better receive the Sun’s warmth
To better hold down their prey
To swim more easily
To walk on snow more easily

36. D. To walk on snow more easily.
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37. Why can very few living things survive on the ocean floor?
It is too warm and dark
It is too cold and dark
It is too far from land
It is too salty

38. B. It is too cold and dark.
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39. How does kelp’s air bladders help it?
Provide oxygen to fish
Keep it rooted to the ocean floor
Help it grow in groups
Allow it to float

40. d. Allow it to float
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41. There are _________ of living things in the oceans.
Thousands
Millions
billions

42. c. billions
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43. Write a sentence telling how this animal is adapted to living in the deep ocean.

44. He has a light to attract other fish to him in the darkness
He has a light to attract other fish to him in the darkness. He can then catch and eat the fish.
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